Micaiah replied, “You will soon see, on that day when you go and hide in an inner room.”
Parallel translations
- WEB Micaiah said, “Behold, you shall see on that day, when you go into an inner room to hide yourself.”
- KJV And Micaiah said, Behold, thou shalt see on that day when thou shalt go into an inner chamber to hide thyself.
- NKJV And Micaiah said, “Indeed you shall see on that day when you go into an inner chamber to hide!”
- NASB And Micaiah said, “Behold, you are going to see how on that day when you go from one inner room to another trying to hide yourself.”
- NLT And Micaiah replied, “You will find out soon enough when you are trying to hide in some secret room!”
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Micaiah calmly answers that Zedekiah will learn the truth when he hides in terror on the day of defeat.
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The prophet stakes his vindication on the coming event, confident that history will prove God's word. His composure under assault flows from certainty that the LORD's word will stand. Time vindicates the true prophet and exposes the false.
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Cross-references · 6
- Jer 29:32this is what the LORD says: ‘I will surely punish Shemaiah the Nehelamite and his descendants. He will have no one left among this people, nor will he see the good that I will bring to My people, declares the LORD, for he has preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- Jer 29:21–22This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
- Jer 28:16–17Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to remove you from the face of the earth. You will die this year because you have preached rebellion against the LORD.’”
- 1 Kgs 20:30The rest of them fled into the city of Aphek, where the wall fell on twenty-seven thousand of the remaining men. Ben-hadad also fled to the city and hid in an inner room.
- Isa 26:20Go, my people, enter your rooms and shut your doors behind you. Hide yourselves a little while until the wrath has passed.
- Isa 26:11O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
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